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Clearly, the administration should switch from the FLA to the WRC. Pure logic sides with the WRC, and it costs Harvard next to nothing to switch. But why hasn't Harvard done as many universities recently have and made the change? The WRC has set April 1 as its cut-off date for universities to particpate in the first round of agenda-setting and decision-making...

Author: By Alexander H. Gourevitch, | Title: The Logical Choice | 3/20/2000 | See Source »

...interviews with The Crimson, many students expressed frustration about the blocking process and the new size restrictions in particular. The switch from 16 to eight, they say, comes at a price...

Author: By Parker R. Conrad and Andrew S. Holbrook, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Smaller Blocking Groups Encourage Stress, Strain Friendships | 3/15/2000 | See Source »

...combination thereof? Better be prepared to explain yourself in a written statement. Want to have a job/internship/life when you graduate? Better get those resums in tip-top shape and have your bags packed to fly hither and yonder. Want to be a prefect, a Crimson Keyer, a Seneca member? Switch Houses? Throw a party? Ladies and gentlemen, please have your pens at the ready...

Author: By Alixandra E. Smith, | Title: Applications are in Season | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

Even if the Reform Party does welcome McCain, the senator faces other logistical problems if he wishes to switch parties. He would have to drop out of the Republican Party and thus lose his spot as chair of the Senate Commerce Committee...

Author: By Eli M. Alper, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Long View: Bush, Gore Set Sights on November | 3/8/2000 | See Source »

...clap-happy audience will fall in and out of synch repeatedly. According to a study of ovations in Romania and Hungary, this back-and-forthing is due to conflicting needs: the wish to make the most possible noise (random clapping) vs. the urge to clap in unison. People switch from one to the other by consciously adjusting the speed of their applause. Why do some folks seem to play this game with such gusto? According to the study, published last week in Nature, it may be a function of how closely knit the audience is. Maybe the crowd that feels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mathematics: Two Hands Clapping | 3/6/2000 | See Source »

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